Energy Storage

Scientists have now developed a nanomaterial which enables considerably more power to be stored in lithium ion batteries.

Expansion into state of the art power component manufacture, notably supercapacitors targeted for energy density greater than that of lead acid and NiCd batteries but with much longer life, greater reliability and much greater power density together with wider temperature range.

University of Manchester graphene researchers have been awarded a £3.5m funding boost that could bring desalination plants, safer food packaging and enhanced disease detection closer to reality.

Proteins on the surface of bacteria can produce an electric current by simply touching a mineral surface.

Experts in nuclear physics have helped develop research towards a 'nuclear battery', which could revolutionise the concept of portable power by packing in up to a million times more energy compared to a conventional battery.

Florida State University and Tallahassee-based General Capacitor LLC have signed an agreement for the development of a new supercapacitor technology destined to play a major role in the world's future energy usage and storage needs.

Supercapacitors replace lithium-ion batteries. Lithium-ion batteries replace nickel metal hydride and lead acid batteries. There are side stories of course. Some supercapacitors replace electrolytic capacitors and others create new applications. However, in this article, we concentrate on replacing lithium-ion batteries.

As we make the transition from fossil fuels to clean, renewable energy sources, one fact that becomes clear is that while fossil fuels provided both an energy source and a storage medium in one, in the new world of renewables, these two functions will have to be provided separately.

A stretchable lithium-ion battery -- a flexible device capable of powering their innovative stretchable electronics.

A new battery technology provides double the energy storage at lower cost than the batteries that are used in handheld electronics, electric vehicles, aerospace and defence.

Peter Stonham, Editorial Director of New Transit introduced the excellent 25 person London event then Dr Peter Harrop of IDTechEx scoped the total subject of electric vehicles, land, water and air - one industry now with best practice first occurring all over the place and rapid improvement with almost all components changing radically.

The world has experienced miraculous developments during the last decade harvested from fullerenes, carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and today graphene.

With the emerging trend in multifunctional portable devices such as the smartphone, these devices are cannibalising those that previously performed single functions. This has been the case of simple digital cameras and now wrist watches.

IDTechEx Research is launching a special edition dedicated to graphene on its Printed Electronics World online journal. For two consecutive weeks, you will read invited articles outlining the views of select industry and academic players about the commercial potential and challenges facing the emerging graphene industry.

Cabot Corp has announced the launch of LITX™ G700, the company's first graphene-based additive for high energy density lithium-ion battery applications.

Researchers have recently engineered a supercapacitor system that can operate efficiently at very low temperatures

IDTechEx is delighted to host the first INTRASME Electric Vehicle Opportunity Workshop 2013 which will now be a free session for a full day.

Chemists and materials scientists have designed a tiny silicon structure for batteries that can last through more charging cycles than previous designs did.

A stretchable lithium-ion battery - a flexible device capable of powering innovative stretchable electronics.